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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] [XENAPI] Make xapi.py

To: Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] [XENAPI] Make xapi.py work with modules in /usr/lib/python.
From: John Levon <levon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:44:21 +0000
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On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 06:51:32PM +0200, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:

> > [XENAPI] Make xapi.py work with modules in /usr/lib/python.
> > 
> > Also Add host_set_name command.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alastair Tse <atse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  tools/python/scripts/xapi.py |   18 +++++++++++++++++-
> >  1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff -r 5a4517468f4f -r 272cd2dc7cdf tools/python/scripts/xapi.py
> > --- a/tools/python/scripts/xapi.py  Fri Nov 10 11:01:15 2006 +0000
> > +++ b/tools/python/scripts/xapi.py  Fri Nov 10 12:44:47 2006 +0000
> > @@ -16,11 +16,15 @@
> >  # Copyright (C) 2006 XenSource Ltd.
> >  
> > #============================================================================
> >  
> > +import sys
> > +sys.path.append('/usr/lib/python')
> > +
> 
> Hmm, what's the intention behind this change? won't it break horribly
> if the Xen tools are actually installed elsewhere but there's an old
> version in /usr/lib/python?

This seems dubious to me too. This seems like a problematic python
installation that needs this change, and troublesome for other
installations as Muli points out...

regards
john

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